Posted By Benjamin Hochman On December 7, 2010 @ 10:55 am In General Nuggets | No Comments

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CHARLOTTE – Today at Nuggets shootaround, Karl was asked about the fired Broncos coach, who Karl got to know a little during McDaniels’ short tenure in Denver. Karl has been in contact with McDaniels’ personal assistant and invited McDaniels to spend time around the Nuggets staff, if McDaniels would enjoy an escape.

“Coaching is coaching, even though it’s different situations and Xs and Os (in football and basketball),” Karl said. “If Josh wants to hang out — after a couple weeks, months, whatever space he needs — we’ll be glad to help pick him back up and start rebuilding the process. It’s only the beginning for his football career – he’ll have many more stops.”

During the Broncos’ training camp, Karl visited McDaniels and his staff. And when Karl was diagnosed with throat-and-neck cancer last spring, McDaniels went out of his way to get Karl’s phone number in order to share well-wishes.

Of the firing, Karl said, “I was a little saddened and disappointed. The timing of it and then some of the rumors I’m hearing that they’ve tried to get out of (paying) the contract are somewhat disturbing to me. But our business is a hard business and it can become a hard financial business – all of a sudden, you’re turning contracts into legal situations.”